Chapter 159: The Missing Maiden
Zhen Shicheng pushed the door in, and the familiar smell of blood came to his face.
He looked around first, and the messy bloody footprints on the ground made him frown.
There are so many large and small footprints, which shows the chaos at the time of the incident.
The candlestick, which had been used as a murder weapon, fell to the ground, the tip of which was dark red and glowed with a cold color.
Zhen Shicheng turned his head and asked, "Which wardrobe?" ”
Xie Qingqi glanced at Jiang Yi, and raised his hand to point to the wardrobe that had been opened by Jiang Yi before.
"Guys, don't come in." Zhen Shicheng spoke, and walked in with his capable subordinates to check.
The first thing he checked was the wardrobe.
Just as Jiang seems to have discovered, there are two incomplete fingerprints printed in a very inconspicuous place in the wardrobe, and looking at the angle of the fingerprints, you can imagine the most likely place for a person's hands to stay when he hides his body in the closet.
Such fingerprints really can't be left by the maids when they take away their clothes.
Zhen Shicheng stared at the fingerprints thoughtfully.
To be able to leave such obvious fingerprints, sweat stains are one thing, what is there on that person's hands?
Zhen Shicheng carefully checked the situation in the cabinet, suddenly narrowed his eyes, and shouted to his subordinates: "Bring the tweezers and oiled paper." ”
Taking the object handed over by his subordinates, Zhen Shicheng carefully picked up an object from the slightly messy clothes on the top and put it on the oiled paper.
That's two hairs.
Zhen Shicheng suddenly became excited.
The wardrobe is full of washed clothes, and the noble family is exquisite, how can the clean clothes of the housewife have hair?
This possibility is very small, and the biggest possibility is that these two hairs were left by the murderer!
Although he found something, Zhen Shicheng was very calm, handed over the physical evidence to his subordinates to collect, carefully inspected all parts of the room, and walked out after being busy for half an hour.
Seeing Zhen Shicheng come out, Yongchangbo couldn't wait to ask, "Lord Zhen, how is it?" ”
"I wonder when was the last time this wardrobe was cleaned up?"
Immediately, a maid said timidly, "The clothes that the maidservant collected at sunset yesterday were folded and put in the closet." The cabinet on the right is full, and some of it is in this cupboard. ”
"So, the clothes you collected before dark yesterday?"
The maid nodded hurriedly.
Zhen Shicheng stroked his beard, and then gave Yongchangbo a reply: "There should be someone hidden in the closet." ”
"Really?" Yongchangbo was shocked, and after the shock, there was a monstrous anger.
There is someone hidden in the closet of his and his wife's bedroom, so who else can it be, it must be the murderer of his wife!
Yongchangbo held Zhen Shicheng's hand hard: "Lord Zhen, please be sure to find out the murderer of Neiko!" ”
"Don't worry, uncle, I will do my best. I wonder where Mrs. Bo stopped? ”
Yongchangbo hesitated.
Zhen Shicheng is quite calm: "Any physical evidence and speculation are not as important as the examination of the victim's body. ”
Yongchangbo still hesitated.
Although he agreed to ask the government to intervene under the persuasion of his children, when it really came to this time, it was still difficult for him to accept his wife's body to be examined.
It's almost unimaginable.
"Uncle, the official brought a maid." Zhen Shicheng knew the reason for Yongchangbo's hesitation and spoke.
It's just an ordinary people's family, not to mention Bofu, even if there are very few women from small rich families who can accept the inspection after being victimized.
Zhen Shicheng is a more sincere character, and he can't bear to let the truth sleep underground with the victim because of the ignorance of the world, so he simply cultivated a female servant.
The female servant he has to use is the daughter of the old servant who has been with him for many years, and she is also a rare girl.
"Father-" Seeing that Yongchangbo didn't speak, Xie Qingqi couldn't help but shout, his eyes full of pleading.
Yongchangbo finally made up his mind to accompany Zhen Shicheng in the past.
Zhen Shicheng walked past Jiang Yi, and his eyes fell on her.
He wondered how the little girl had come up with the idea of checking the wardrobe, but it was inconvenient to ask these questions now, so it seemed that he had to find an opportunity to ask.
The mourning hall is located in the adjacent courtyard.
It was a hot June day, and Mrs. Yongchangbo's coffin was surrounded by ice basins, and as soon as she got closer, she felt a little cold.
A young girl with a green cloth head was instructed by Zhen Shicheng to step forward and start the autopsy.
"Uncle, let's go back over there and talk." Zhen Shicheng knew that many bitter masters were difficult to accept the scene of the autopsy, so he left the officials to guard the mourning hall and accompany Yongchangbo and others to leave.
While the maid was conducting an autopsy, Zhen Shicheng was of course not idle, and immediately treated the hall as a public court to ask about the case, and the first person to interrogate was Mrs. Yongchangbo's personal maid.
The three big girls knelt in front of Zhen Shicheng, all of them colorless.
Zhen Shicheng smiled: "Get up and talk back first, this is not a yamen, and this official is not asking you to ask for a crime, and he doesn't pay attention to kneeling." ”
Zhen Shicheng's gentle attitude made the three big girls look a little softened and hesitated to stand up.
Zhen Shicheng glanced at the three maids and said slowly: "Generally speaking, maids like you are even numbers, two, four or six, right?" ”
The three maids were stunned for a moment, and one of them blurted out: "And autumn dew!" ”
Chunfang, Xia Yu, Autumn Dew, and Winter Snow are the four big maids of Mrs. Yongchangbo.
"Where's Autumn Dew?" Xie Qingqi asked.
lost her mother, and her father was charged with killing her mother, making this innocent girl a soldier.
Jiang seemed to pat her arm gently.
Under the comfort of his friends, Xie Qingqi calmed down.
The three big girls looked at each other, but no one could tell where Qiu Lu went.
Chunfang knelt down again, trembling all over: "My lord, yesterday ...... It was the autumn dew that was on duty yesterday! ”
In this way, Qiu Lu immediately became the most suspicious person, and Zhen Shicheng immediately said: "Uncle, please immediately order the whole house to find Qiu Lu first." ”
It is uncertain whether Qiu Lu is the murderer, but at this time, the big girl who was supposed to be on duty at night is gone, which is undoubtedly a clue that cannot be missed.
Soon, the whole house was dispatched to find the big girl Qiulu.
For the Yongchang Bo Mansion, it is natural that the people in the mansion are familiar with it, so Zhen Shicheng only sent a few officials to follow and look for it.
Time passed, and there was no news that the eldest girl Qiulu had been found, but the maid first checked the body of Mrs. Yongchangbo and came to report.
"Mrs. Bo's fatal wound is in the heart, but there are three wounds of different depths around, one of which is stuck in the ribs......" The maid finished speaking, and concluded, "Generally, this situation occurs, one is the murderer's lack of experience, and the other is the lack of strength, and the subordinates think that the murderer is a woman......
Yongchangbo suddenly changed color: "Have you found autumn dew?" ”
It is inferred that the murderer is a woman, and the big girl Qiulu is missing, and there is no doubt that the murderer is Qiulu.
Zhen Shicheng was there, but the old god was there, and his face was silent.
It's too early to draw conclusions, and everything will have to wait for the whereabouts of Qiu Lu.